Corporate Germany Looks to Invest Overseas—Not at Home

FRANKFURT—Corporate Germany is looking to invest overseas rather than at home in the year ahead, a Wall Street Journal survey of top German companies reveals, suggesting that low investment in Europe's biggest economy won't improve soon.

Feeble investment in Germany by the country's own business sector is one of the biggest economic headaches facing Chancellor Angela Merkel as she forms a new coalition government for her third term,...